Take a Tour of Alec and Hilaria Baldwin's East Hampton Home

The renovated shingle-style house is the family's bright and modern escape from city life.

By
EMMA DIBDIN

Nov 4, 2016

After years in the spotlight, the Baldwins find refuge inside an 18th-century farmhouse on Long Island.

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Alec Hemer

An Escape From the City

For Alec, East Hampton has been home since 1982, when he began renting in the area. He still votes here rather than in Manhattan. In 1995, he bought this farmhouse — Hilaria moved in after the couple started dating — which they gut renovated with the goal of transforming into a bright, modern family home.

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Alec Hemer

The Media Room

The shingle-style house was built in 1753 with a saltbox design – long, pitched roof that slopes to the back – before its conversion to a full, two-story home in the 1790s, according to local historians.

Wood paneling in the media room is original to the house; wingback chairs from Holly Hunt offer a cozy perch for family movie nights.

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Alec Hemer

The Kitchen

"Before, [the house] was a lot of tiny little rooms, there wasn't a lot of flow to it," Hilaria explains, and so architect Fred Throo and interior designer Daniel Romanoff worked together to create "this really open space that I definitely wanted."

The pristine kitchen opens onto the family and dining room, where the family eats dinner together most nights.

The renovation of the house is a reflection of the couple's shifting priorities, with Alec in particular making a conscious decision to spend more time here and less time in Manhattan, where work always beckons.

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Alec Hemer

The Living Room

A portrait of Hilaria painted by contemporary artist Brendan O'Connell hangs above the fireplace in the formal living room.

The couple plans to renovate again next year, because Leonardo will need more space – specifically, a room that's precisely the same size as his two siblings' rooms. "We want all of our kids to feel like they're equal, so we're going to make his room exactly the same square footage as theirs, so that he can't say 'I'm third, I'm last, you guys don't care,'" Hilaria says, with a self-effacing laugh.

The bright master bath features Spanish-inspired blue and white tile from Stone Source and a bubble chandelier from Home Nature.

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Alec Hemer

Carmen's Bedroom

In Carmen's room, creamy white wainscoting offers a strong, sophisticated counterpoint to the more dainty lavender textiles found throughout the space. A mirrored nightstand is from Lillian August.

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Alec Hemer

The Wine Banquette

Just off of the living room, in a space that's been dubbed the "wine banquette," Alec, Hilaria and their daughter, Carmen, are joined by designer Daniel Romanoff and builder Brian Mannix.

"I think about how much I used to work, and how much I used to make that the priority… Now, this is the priority," Alec says, gesturing around at Hilaria and their house. "If I won the lottery tomorrow, I probably would never work again."

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